| Title | Roches et minéraux du collectionneur, nord-est de la Nouvelle-Écosse, Ile du Cap-Breton et Ile-du-Prince-Édouard |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Sabina, A P |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 51, 1994, 96 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/194756  Open Access |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | French |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is a translation of Rocks and minerals for
the collector, northeastern Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, and Prince Edward Island |
| Related | This publication supercedes Rocks and minerals for the
Collector: northeastern Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward Island |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island |
| NTS | 11D/11; 11D/12; 11D/13; 11D/14; 11D/15; 11D/16; 11E; 11F/03; 11F/04; 11F/05; 11F/06; 11F/09; 11F/10; 11F/11; 11F/12; 11F/14; 11F/15; 11F/16; 11K/01; 11K/02; 11K/03; 11K/06; 11K/07; 11K/08; 11K/09; 11K/10;
11K/15; 11K/16; 11L/03; 11L/05; 11L/06; 11L/12; 21I/09; 21I/16; 21I/01; 21I/02; 21H/01; 21H/02; 21H/05; 21H/06; 21H/07; 21H/08; 21H/09; 21H/10; 21H/11; 21H/15; 21H/16; 21G/01; 21G/02; 21G/03; 21G/06; 21G/07; 21G/08; 11G/13; 11J/04; 20O/16; 20P/11;
20P/12; 20P/13; 20P/14; 20P/15; 20P/16; 21A; 21B/01; 21B/08; 21B/09 |
| Area | Halifax; Antigonish; Port Hastings; Sydney; Cabot Trail; Cape Breton Island; New Glasgow; Amherst; Alberton; Kensington; Charlottetown; Dartmouth |
| Lat/Long WENS | -67.5000 -59.5000 47.0000 43.5000 |
| Subjects | metallic minerals; industrial minerals; minerals; mines; fossils; specularite; siderite; arsenopyrite; andalusite; hematite; barite; celestine; agalmatolite; diatomite; limestones; gypsum; fossil
plants; mineralization; galena; sulphides; gold; tungsten; copper; quarries; Quaternary; Triassic; Permian; Carboniferous; Pennsylvanian; Ordovician; Mississippian; Devonian; Silurian; Cambrian; Proterozoic |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; photographs |
| Released | 1994 11 01; 2015 03 10 |
| Abstract | Occurrences of minerals, rocks, and fossils are described from seventy-five easily accessible localities in northeastern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. A few rocks and minerals are suitable for
ornamental purposes, but the majority of the deposits furnish specimen material only. In the area between Dartmouth and the Strait of Canso, there are numerous old gold mines and a few copper, lead, tungsten, and iron mines. Good specimens of
specularite, siderite, arsenopyrite, and andalusite can be collected. In the Antigonish-Amherst region, attractive specimens of copper-bearing plant fossils are found in old copper mines. Other deposits include hematite, barite, celestine,
agalmatolite, diatomite, and limestone. In Cape Breton, there are numerous deposits of gypsum and limestone, including crystalline and shell limestones. Metallic-mineral specimens can be obtained from old lead, zinc, copper, and bismuth mines.
Attractive barite-fluorite specimens are found in old mines near Lake Ainslie. Two ornamental-type rocks suitable for the lapidary are described: Mainadieu felsite breccia and Scotch Lake serpentine-bearing crystalline limestone. Shoreline exposures
of sedimentary rocks in Prince Edward Island provide specimens of mineralized fossil plant remains. Good specimens of barite, crystalline quartz, and hematite are found at a locality near Charlottetown, and an uncommon copper mineral - paratacamite -
occurs near Summerside. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 194756 |
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